K-type star · orange

18Mu CMa

1,245 lybrightness mag 5.00B9.5V

Also catalogued as HR 2593 · HD 51250 · HIP 33345

4,344 K

temperature

5.00

apparent magnitude

1,268× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,245 years

at light speed from Earth

0.75×

as hot as the Sun

1,268×

the Sun's light output

-2.91

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

18Mu CMaK-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2535 →92 ly apart
15 CMa →140 ly apart
HR 2656 →140 ly apart
HR 2623 →170 ly apart
HR 2655 →190 ly apart
HR 2867 →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Major

Adhara →mag 1.5
Wezen →mag 1.8
Mirzam →mag 2.0
Aludra →mag 2.5
Furud →mag 3.0
24Omi2CMa →mag 3.0
Nganurganity →mag 3.5
13Kap CMa →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Major

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.